What is it about?
By employing GIS spatial analysis and media framing at the local level, our study adopts a micro-spatial perspective and contestation of monuments in the central area of Timisoara, Romania. The study presents differences at micro-scales of monuments based on a methodology that incorporates the Shannon-Wiener Diversity Index, Hot-Spot Analysis, Getis-Ord Gi*, and Kernel density.
Featured Image
Photo by Red Frog Galati on Unsplash
Why is it important?
This study is important because recent debates on political monuments in Central and Eastern Europe have highlighted the need to study the spatial dimension and contestation of statues and other monumental sites in more detail.
Perspectives
The results from the local media framing reveal the tensions created by nationalist and progressivist monuments. For instance, if Decebalus is a statue that has recently inspired nationalist and even far-right actions of identity, Supermam is a progressivist monument that has also been criticized and less accepted by local stakeholders. However, behind the nationalist-progressivist layer of statues, the local community still accepts the Austro-Hungarian layer of statues, which are imposing in the public space of Timisoara.
Dr Remus Cretan
west university of Timisoara
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Exploring micro-spatiality, acceptance and contestation of monuments in the central area of a post-socialist city, February 2026, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8144806/v1.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
